Multiple tabs - right/left arrows color

[amitbern]

Hello,

Is there any way to change the left/right Arrows color when using multiple TABs?

1. If there are TABs to the right, color RIGHT arrow button

2. if there are TABS to the left, color LEFT arrow button

Picture example:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
 #include <WindowsConstants.au3>

 $hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 300)

 GUISetState()

 ; Create child GUIs to hold tabs
 $hTab_Win0 = GUICreate("", 400, 200, 50, 20, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, $hGUI)
 $hTab_0 = GUICtrlCreateTab(10, 10, 380, 180)
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB1")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB2")
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB3")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB4")
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB5")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB6")
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB7")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB8")
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB9")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB10")
     $hTab_00 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB11")
     $hTab_01 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem("TAB12")


 GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")
 GUISetState()


 While 1
     Switch GUIGetMsg()
         Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
             Exit
     EndSwitch
 WEnd

Thanks

[JohnOne]

I don't believe there is any simple way to do that, and certainly not natively. An updown control is a single control, it is also created automatically in your case, so you do not readily have it's ID.

I'm sure there will be some fancy subclassing method or messy hack to get a grip on the control, but If I were wanting to do something like this, I'd probably just try to emulate it, with a couple of buttons.

[amitbern]

Its a good idea to emulate it with my own buttons, but how can I prevent the auto left/right buttons to appear?

[TheSaint]

Why not just have a judiciously placed Label, that has a count of TABS, and do away with the color idea altogether, or incorporate the colors for that label? Different color for each group of TABS maybe?

[amitbern]

Why not just have a judiciously placed Label, that has a count of TABS, and do away with the color idea altogether, or incorporate the colors for that label? Different color for each group of TABS maybe?

Because I want the user to be able to know there are unseen TABs, 

On the first pictures its quite obvious because the user can partly see TAB9,

But on the second picture, its not obvious that there are TABS left to TAB6.

[TheSaint]

That's why I said, have a label that clearly lists the number of tabs.

To my mind, that would be more obviously meaningful.

Your color method would only indicate more exist, but not how many more.

Or you could have a label say - More TABS Left ... and/or Right

Or use LEFT and RIGHT buttons that are colored accordingly ... or better still, greyed out and disabled when no more TABS in that direction.

[amitbern]

That's why I said, have a label that clearly lists the number of tabs.

To my mind, that would be more obviously meaningful.

Your color method would only indicate more exist, but not how many more.

Or you could have a label say - More TABS Left ... and/or Right

Or use LEFT and RIGHT buttons that are colored accordingly ... or better still, greyed out and disabled when no more TABS in that direction.

 

I would go for the LEFT/RIGHT buttons that are colored accordingly. its more intuitive.

Do you know how to configure those buttons to emulate the left/right automatic buttons?

[TheSaint]

Been a while since I played with TABS and cannot test right now, but it may be as simple as setting Focus to the control and sending one or more TAB commands, using the Send command.

GUICtrlRead command will give you the currently selected index.

EDIT

See next post.

Edited November 24, 2014 by TheSaint

[TheSaint]

See the User Defined Functions (UDF) section at the end of the Help file, where there is a section on GuiTab Management in the GUI Reference section. Lots of different commands available.

Edited November 24, 2014 by TheSaint

[jguinch]

Also, you could use the $TCS_MULTILINE style, no ?

$hTab_0 = GUICtrlCreateTab(10, 10, 380, 180, $TCS_MULTILINE)